This is your invitation to a free creative night where art, storytelling and water come together in unexpected ways.

Join us for Ocean Futures Lab: A Paint Night Event — a relaxed, high-energy community evening where you can paint, write, reflect, and connect with others through creativity (no experience needed, just curiosity).

We’ll be exploring water as more than something “out there.” From rivers and lakes to oceans and tap water, we’re looking at how everything is connected, and how water carries memory, climate stories, identity and imagination.

What to Expect

• All supplies provided
• Free refreshments throughout the evening
• Creative prompts for poetry, letters and reflections
• Optional collaborative group art pieces
• Chill, welcoming space to meet folks in the city

Selected works will be featured in a zine titled Love Letters to Water 💙

This zine will also be:

• Published Digitally
• Exhibited in-person at ECHOFORM's October 2026 Showcase

Plus: every participant receives a certificate.

Why This Matters

In celebration of Ocean Week and World Ocean Day, this isn’t just a paint night ✨

It’s part of a bigger conversation about water, climate and connection. Even in landlocked Edmonton, water links us to oceans, communities and ecosystems around the world.

Together, we’ll reflect on themes like:

• Climate Change
• Identity & Belonging; and
• Our Shared Relationship with Water

Partners and Support

This event is powered by SOI Foundation x ECOP Canada x UN Ocean Decade

Supported by:
The Howl Experience x Righting Relations x Women and Gender Equality Canada x Canada Confesses x Ocean Week Canada

Bottom Line

Come as you are. No art skills needed. We’ll bring the paint, prompts and good vibes.